Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-05-27
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.

At Point Pleasant, where the Atlantic rolls
in with great force, Miss Kellogg alighted
and went to the waters edge to gather sea
plants. While standing ON rock her foot
Slipped and she fell into the water. A big
wave carried her out some distance, but
Strakosch succeeded in getting the singer
ashore.
More than $50 horses belonging TO the
United States express company at Jersey
City were burned to death Sunday.
Two little girls who had been terribly
burned by the explosion Of n lamp were
taken to the Buffalo general hospital few
days ago and were brought out to have
their wounds dressed at a clinic. The doc
tor told the students that unless he could
graft the skin one " the girls would die,
az her back was IA mass of ulcers and proud
flesh. Thirteen Of the students promptly
barred their arms, and the doctor shaved
off the skin with an extra sharp razor. He
then scraped the childs back, and grated
in the foreign cutce promising recovery
in six weeks.
Belle Boyd, the famous Confederate spy,
is running an orange grove in Florida.
In removing a ruined hut near Caledonia,
d. T., recently, the skeleton of a man was
discovered, and in the pockets Of the tat
tered clothing were greenbacks and gold
and silver to the amount Of nearly $4,000.
The sale Of the Crown jewels in Paris
was concluded ON Monday. The chief lot,
a diamond head dress, was sold in 10 pieces
for $50 900 francs, The proceeds from the
nine days sales amounted to 1854, 900
francs. Tiffany was the largest single pur-
chaser of the gems-the total of his pur-
chases with commission amounting to $iS1,-
$50. lie has already sold about 800, 900
Of these purchases 10 Americans abroad.
A man named Hendricks who had suffer
ed from rheumatism for years, was sudden
w cured at Warsaw, Ga, the other day.
For 10 years he had daily crawled from his
house to a large oak tree whore he would
remain crouched from morning till night.
Two men armed with shots guns, while pur
suing mad dog, fred two shots in the di-
rection Of the tree Hendricks thought
they were shooting at him, whereupon he
sprang to his feet and danced around with
agility. The shock had cured him
A rich man in the Black Hills dates tn,
beinning Of his fortune, according to Da
kota paper, from the day when he sold hi
wife for $4,000.
Charles Egbert Craddock begins a new
tale, "The Story of Keedon Bluffs, in Jun'
Wide Awake
The 1OO-mile bicycle road race for thu
championship Of the world contested ol
the Clarksville belt road near st. Louis
Mo-, Monday, was won by Nelson Of Bos
ton The time, 6 hours and A minutes, i
considerably below the record.
The First Congregational church q
Springfield, Mass, has just celebrated 1t
25Oth anniversary. OF the 80 churches es
tablished in the colonies during the LIT
century this church was the 10Th
A heavy bank robbery was committe
the other day in the city of Mexico, b
which one Of the leading banking firms la
sustained loss of $iOO 900.
Another unsuccessful attempt has bee
made TO assisinnte the czar of Russia
London despatch from Odessa says tina
while the car and czarna were driving /
an open carriage from ball given by men
bers Of the nobility at Novo-Tckerkasl
Wednesday night Of last week, a shot va
fred at them from the crowd on the stree
A great uproar followed. The man WI
fired the shot was beaten senseless by I'll
people. He had bottle Of poison, 81
cartridges, a revolver and a dagger. II
refuses to answer questions.
The lease of the Connecticut and Pa
sumpsic river railroad was ratified by Il
! | Boston and Lowell stockholders Wednc
, day 10y Il large majority.
, Henry W. Tewksbury of West Randolph
the lecturer, who Was severely injured {
the Hartford railroad accident, has bee
taken to the Massachusetts General Hosp
( tai. He has not gained in health al
! strength as it was expected that he woul
1 Grant Best, the boy who killed three
A his companions ind wounded two others
$ one shot a short time since, has been -four
+. guilty of murder in the first degree in Il
criminal court Mt Wilmington, n. c.
2 A dynamite bomb was exploded und
the police court at Hepburn, Durham cou
ty, Eng, Monday night, partially destro
r. ing the building. The outrage is attrihut
i to strikers.
Il William Anderson, an amateur balloo
It list, fell 400 feet from his balloon at Osk
= loosa, Ia, Monday, and was killed.
$ Michael Hammond is the name Of her
Il ic Delaware and Hudson conductor "
sacrificed his life to save two others Ia
e Saturday. A freight train in his char
/. was backing into switch near WIKI,
y barre, Pa, when Hammond, who was
q the cabOose, saw young woman with
Ie child apparently three years old waikiki
down the track in front OF the train.
ID ran to the end of the caboose and called
Is them The woman seemed pa-alyzed wi
/ fear and unable to stir. Hammond call
to her again and again, but she did /
a move. The train was rapidly nearing h,
he and seeing that it was the only chance
N saving her life the brave conductor leap
from the swift moving caboose, and, n
IL ming ahead, reached the woman and ch
RS in time to push them clear of the trat
b. But before he could recover himself
T. train was upon him. He was struC
r knocked under the wheels and instan
d. killed.
. The Opera Comique at Paris was burn
Wednesday night and it is feared that II
-, ny persons lost their lives. The fire br,
Il, out during the performance. The thea
:, was crowded, and at the first alarm a n
was made for the exits. The fire spr,
+o with great rapidity and many pers'
a sprang from the windows 10 the groul
-. Fourteen were instantly killed by the
',s and 43 were picked up more or less injur
81 The probability that large number of p
M sons have been crushed to death in the s
- leries and ON the stairway is great. Ma
occupying seats near the stage were
H., doubtedly caught by the fire and burned
-a Of lives lost at at least POO A number
81 bodies were exhumed last evening, all Oh
-; - red beyond recognition. The bottom
the theatre is flooded with five feet of
H. ter, and go bodies, it is estimated, h,
On been found floating in the water by the ii
~ men.
Representatives of all the fire insura
re companies comprising the New Hampsl
I'D board of underwriters held IA meeting
nd Concord Wednesday for the purpose of |
aw fecting arrangements for thorough
spection of manufacturing and mercan
risks throughout the state. They deci
~. 10 appoint sufficient number of con
tent men to inspect risks at least quartz
,if each company TO bear its equitable prof.
A. ton of the expense. Another object
, - the meeting was, by concerted actor
ra. command all places having upward of
AZ inhabitants, where buildings are cOmpa
"a located, to have an organized fire dep
/, IL ment. The officers of some Of the con
}nt MES favored disseminating business in
IAN lagos failing TO protect themselves aga
~ fire, while others believed in doubling
mr. trebling rates until proper facilities are
i, tanned. Statistics were submitted at
nd meeting showing that the losses in the $
,on the last Il months, exclusive of brush fl
nj. aggregate about s 800, 600. OF this gr
IN total the cities lost $500, 600, about 10
tba cent, and towns and villages having i
20 or no fire apparatus the balance.
'as. More Gain than Loss.
ra- Maj Smith C'Bill Arp'D Of Atlanta, Ga J
nw This talk that the South lost 340O. 900
,es. by the emancipation proclamation is